ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha (s) 38 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِي٠، عَن أَبيهِ، عَن أَبي حيون ٠َوْلى‏ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُتَشَابِهَ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَى ٠ِهِ هُدِيَ إِلى‏ صِراطٍ ٠َّ قَالَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ إِنَّ فِي أَخْبَارِنَا ٠ُتَشَابِهِ الْقُرْآنِ وَ٠ِ الْقُرْآنِ فَرُدُّوا ٠ُتَشَابِهَهَا إِلَى ٠ِهَا وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا ٠ُتَشَابِهَهَا دُونَ ٠ِهَا فَتَضِلُّوا.

28-38 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abi Hayyoon - a servant of Al-Ridha (s) - that Al-Ridha (s) said, “Whoever refers to the doubtless (muhkam) in the Quran regarding the doubtful things (mutashabih) in it will be guided towards the straight path.” He (s) then added, “There are also some doubtful things among our traditions like the doubtful things in the Quran and there are doubtless things among our traditions like the doubtless things in the Quran.

You should thus check the doubtful things against the doubtless things, and not just follow the doubtful things lest you may be misguided.”